Category: Insights

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Should I say now, walang ‘balls’ ang provincial government ng Marinduque? Imagine okay naman ang infrastructures though not perfect. All roads leading to another town or municipality is okay. Pero bakit ang transport system for the longest time walang pagbabago? Mas malala. There should be fair playing field for those with intention to enter business venture. Ano ang pumipigil? Again, the game of dirty politics and dirty politicians. Unang una, ang sea transport, bulok at wrongly modified ang mga barko. Walang fair competition dahil pinapaboran ang mga negosyong posibleng favorable…

Twenty (20) mining firms have been recommended for suspension following the completion of Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) audit of mining operations in the country. Eleven (11) more will continue to be monitored according to the DENR. But nowhere in the news do we find anything about Marcopper Mining Corporation in Marinduque. Marcopper should now be declared an abandoned mine site and from being a source of mineral extraction should be turned into a tourist attraction. Twenty (20) years have passed since the infamous environmental disaster of 1996.…

By Recto Mercene, Manila Bulletin This is an appeal to my esteemed kababayan, the honorable Governor Carmencita Ongsiaco Reyes of Marinduque. Please allow a contractor to continue with the concrete paving of the remaining portion of the Marinduque Airport runway so that business would flourish and tourism would boom in our beloved province. It has come to my attention that Melchor Go, reportedly her godson and contractor, has been a pain in the neck, having fought her for the governorship twice in the past, and she twice defeated him. As…